SperoGin's I AM JUGGERNAUT CHALLENGE LOG

[SperoGin]

3-9-2012
Title: JUGGERNAUT® IN THE MAKING SperoGin
Personal Statement: My name is Spero Gineros and I graduated from college a year ago with a degree in Physical Education. With the economy being so bad right now, teaching jobs are virtually impossible to acquire on Long Island, New York. So I decided to dedicate the next few years of my life to fitness and the fitness industry. I became an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer last year and have been training between 5-7 days per week consistently for about a year now. My fitness goals are endless because I plan on getting better every day in so many different ways. Right now I am focusing on improving my body composition. From November to February my goal was to gain as much muscle mass as naturally possible. Now my current goal is to shred as much body fat as possible while maintaining as much muscle mass through my training and diet. My dream is to one day become a fitness model and after receiving a bodybuilding.com e-mail from jordansrt, I feel entering this challenge could be my opportunity to begin to build my fitness modeling career.
Your Training Program: My training program for the 12 week challenge is based off of my college education, my personal experience from working out with others, my own personal research and the routines that have worked for me in the past. In order to get the most gains possible, I plan on constantly changing my workout routine and basing my diet according to my day to day training. I will keep a log of what I do every day from what I eat, to how I train, the supplements I take and the variation of everything I do in the gym. I also plan on writing every night before I go to bed a log which briefs my experiences throughout my fitness journey.

[SperoGin]

3/10/2012

So I registered late last night (kind of losing a day for myself) but no reason to think negatively! I am super excited to be logging my info and competing in this challenge. This morning I woke up at 6:45 and cooked myself 6 XL eggs. I got to the gym around 7:45 and began my lower body workout. I don't always split my workouts into upper and lower body, but I did this week because a friend was in town and we wanted to hit every muscle in 3 days (which was how long he was staying for). The workout was pretty grueling consisting of a mile warm up, squats and dead lifts. We did at least 8 sets of both exercises and kept the leg workout just that for today. Next week I will most likely perform less sets of my staples (squats and dead lifts) and hit up different machines as well as hit the legs at different angles. With my goal being to shred, I give myself one cheat day where I can eat whatever I want. Today happens to be that day. After working out, I got home and had Belgian waffles with fruit and green tea. Tomorrow will most likely be my rest day and I will be back to hit the gym hard come Monday.

3/11/2012

So this morning was the end of my 24 hour cheat day. I indulged in 2 croissants, a jelly donut and a lean body cookies and cream shake. Supplements that I am taking are ALA, garlic and Tribulus before 3 meals. With breakfast, I also take a multi (one daily vitamin shoppe brand), CoQ10, polycosanol and eleuthero (siberian ginseng). For lunch I was back on my normal diet and made myself an omelet with black beans, scallions and egg whites. The spices I add to my omelet are echinacea goldenseal and green tea. I actually open up the capsules and mix it in with black pepper and dried oregano. I use the echinacea and eleuthero is to keep my immune system strong. The ALA and green tea is to help metabolize fat and keep my metabolism as high as possible. I take the polycosanol and garlic to keep my cholesterol levels low. I do not have a history of high cholesterol but every male on both sides of my family have high cholesterol, had open heart surgery, heart attacks or are on some kind of statin drug. As I strive to reach my goals of winning the I AM JUGGERNAUT competition, I also want to live as healthy as possible and feel great from the inside-out. I am about to have dinner now. A rotisserie chicken along with a huge salad. Can't wait to write more about everything soon. Thanks for the comments and motivation so far

[alika2die4]

Good luck in your conquest. This journey is a hard one but its a worthwhile one. Look forward to reading your logs.

[TeamIronClad]

Welcome to the challenge Spero. First off, congratulations on moving forward in life and achieve you ACSM Cert; great accomplishment. Like alika stated, this challenge is a challenge. Others will be busting their butts to win that spot for the Arnold or the Olympia. Will you be one? We will see!!

Please feel free to reach out to me anytime man. Wish you the best of luck and thank you for joining the challenge.

[kconnell]

Welcome Spero!

This is the Juggernaut nation! Great place with a great team. We are her WTO help you meet your goals.

[teamsw]

***********************JOESWAT, THE ORIGINAL JUGGERNAUT**************************

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[JohnButz]

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[kconnell]

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[SperoGin]

Would someone be able to advise me on how to add pictures to a thread?

3/12/2012

Today was a great day in the gym and the kitchen. I started off the day with a black bean and scallion egg white omelet.

After eating breakfast, I headed over to the studio gym where I work and trained one of my favorite clients. He was a former amateur body builder back in the early to mid 90's. The amazing part about this guy is that he fell through a roof, got hit by a car and beat cancer. He has more will power and positive energy than anyone I've met before. I have never seen someone his age (42) work so hard at every single rep. Just training this guy makes me want to lift like crazy. He is such a good example of how if you work hard enough, you can overcome any obstacle in your path. He dead lifted 370 pounds which was the most he has pulled since he was diagnosed with cancer. It is so rewarding to see people shatter their previous goals and walk out of the gym with their head high.

I went home after that and cooked up some chop meat with lentils and bok choy.

At around 4, I hit the gym and focused mainly on chest. I also targeted some shoulders and triceps to make it an overall upper body push day.

So in all, my nutrition and workout was great for the day. But there is nothing better than seeing the success in others. I hope everyone else out their is blasting through their previous records and getting better every day

[alika2die4]

1. Hit reply
2. Go advance
3. Manage attachements
4. Click on add files
5. Search for your pic and upload
6. It will take you back to the reply screen. Scroll down a bit.
7. Your photo will appear as a link
8. Click on the link and another window will pop up with your photo
9. Copy the entire link. close the window with your picture in it.
10. Go back to your quick reply and then in ([img])the picture link([/img) Just get rid of the apprentices.

Its a pain in the butt but once you get the hang of it it is easy.

[alika2die4]

Did we already lose another one? Come on Juggernaut the fun is just starting! Don't Quit.

[Credz]

Don't quit man! Get in and tear this up!!!

[teamsw]

3-9-2012
Title: JUGGERNAUT® IN THE MAKING SperoGin
Personal Statement: My name is Spero Gineros and I graduated from college a year ago with a degree in Physical Education. With the economy being so bad right now, teaching jobs are virtually impossible to acquire on Long Island, New York. So I decided to dedicate the next few years of my life to fitness and the fitness industry. I became an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer last year and have been training between 5-7 days per week consistently for about a year now. My fitness goals are endless because I plan on getting better every day in so many different ways. Right now I am focusing on improving my body composition. From November to February my goal was to gain as much muscle mass as naturally possible. Now my current goal is to shred as much body fat as possible while maintaining as much muscle mass through my training and diet. My dream is to one day become a fitness model and after receiving a bodybuilding.com e-mail from jordansrt, I feel entering this challenge could be my opportunity to begin to build my fitness modeling career.
Your Training Program: My training program for the 12 week challenge is based off of my college education, my personal experience from working out with others, my own personal research and the routines that have worked for me in the past. In order to get the most gains possible, I plan on constantly changing my workout routine and basing my diet according to my day to day training. I will keep a log of what I do every day from what I eat, to how I train, the supplements I take and the variation of everything I do in the gym. I also plan on writing every night before I go to bed a log which briefs my experiences throughout my fitness journey.

********************* JOESWAT, THE ORIGINAL JUGGERNAUT ****************************************

Hi SperoGin, welcome to the juggernaut challenge, this is where fitness dreams come to life, Im here to help all juggernauts succeed, Dedication, Determination and Discipline will be key points to go the distance, motivation, inspiration and drive will be in every juggernauts heart.
**Here is a few words from Rocky; The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as a Juggernaut. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how you become a real Juggernaut!
THINK JUGGERNAUT!! BE JUGGERNAUT!! Train safe, train hard, train for success......Good Luck...

****YOU CAN BE THE NEXT JUGGERNAUT****


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[alika2die4]

Did we already lose another one? Come on Juggernaut the fun is just starting! Don't Quit.

Come on!

[NoCg3Joke]

Spero, still around bro?! .....KEEP GOING ON MAN!!! ... hope everything is well...contest or not... LIVE THE LIFESTYLE, BE THE JUGGERNAUT, BE THE BEAST!

[SuperMaine]

welcome to the challenge brother!!

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[JohnButz]

Here is a link explaining how to add some cool variations to your log.

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[blueyedevil]

Throw some fuel on that motivational fire and get back in here...

Spero, still around bro?! .....KEEP GOING ON MAN!!! ... hope everything is well...contest or not... LIVE THE LIFESTYLE, BE THE JUGGERNAUT, BE THE BEAST!

Come on!

[kconnell]

Here is a link explaining how to add some cool variations to your log.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/misc.php?do=bbcode

^^^ That link shows how to easily add web links, pics, YouTube videos, color, bold, etc.

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[alika2die4]

Come on Spero!

[JohnButz]

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[teamsw]

**************************JOESWAT, THE ORIGINAL JUGGERNAUT **************************

---JUGGERNAUT TIP OF THE DAY---

>> YOU WANT RESULTS LIKE THE PRO'S!!!!!, WELL, HERE ARE SOME TRAINING TIPS ON STIMULATING MUSCLE GROWTH <<

***When weight training( whether your using heavy or light) try not to
let the muscles relax during the set (always flexing as hard as
possible during every inch of every rep) with 50-60% of the maximum
performed to failure, example; refer to(pause and squeeze exercise
video on
legs) . HGH, and IGF-1 levels will be enhanced!
The constant tension exercises can build size and strength despite
using relatively light weights and when if muscle damage is fairly low.
However, if the muscle is allowed to relax during the set, oxygen and
blood will flow into the muscle and you won't reach optimal benefits.

*A few simple rules to remember to stimulate muscle growth are;

1. Heavy lifting (4-6 reps), which promotes a high rate of mechanical
damage/protein degradation.

2. Relatively high reps (up to 12-15 for the upper body and 15-20 for
the lower body), which promote a high mechanical degradation due to the
combination of moderate time under tension and intra muscular tension
magnitude.

3. Constant tension sets. To do these properly, you must flex the
target muscle hard during every inch of every rep. You can never allow
the muscle to relax. This means no rest between reps either. This
method is best kept for isolation exercises.

HERE IS ME AND MY FRIEND KEVIN ENGLISH(THE KING OF 202 Mr. OLYMPIA) GETTING READY TO STIMULATE SOME MUSCLES


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[lilmzchief]

3-9-2012
Title: JUGGERNAUT® IN THE MAKING SperoGin
Personal Statement: My name is Spero Gineros and I graduated from college a year ago with a degree in Physical Education. With the economy being so bad right now, teaching jobs are virtually impossible to acquire on Long Island, New York. So I decided to dedicate the next few years of my life to fitness and the fitness industry. I became an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer last year and have been training between 5-7 days per week consistently for about a year now. My fitness goals are endless because I plan on getting better every day in so many different ways. Right now I am focusing on improving my body composition. From November to February my goal was to gain as much muscle mass as naturally possible. Now my current goal is to shred as much body fat as possible while maintaining as much muscle mass through my training and diet. My dream is to one day become a fitness model and after receiving a bodybuilding.com e-mail from jordansrt, I feel entering this challenge could be my opportunity to begin to build my fitness modeling career.
Your Training Program: My training program for the 12 week challenge is based off of my college education, my personal experience from working out with others, my own personal research and the routines that have worked for me in the past. In order to get the most gains possible, I plan on constantly changing my workout routine and basing my diet according to my day to day training. I will keep a log of what I do every day from what I eat, to how I train, the supplements I take and the variation of everything I do in the gym. I also plan on writing every night before I go to bed a log which briefs my experiences throughout my fitness journey.

Welcome to the challenge =)

[WildBill22]

Good Morning JUGGERNAUT Nation!!

We are a few weeks into this challenge and it is off to a great start! As the Grand Prize winner of the 2011 Olympia I AM JUGGERNAUT Challenge, I am here to offer advise, answer questions and share some of my experiences. I will be posting on my original thread that I used during the challenge. I encourage you to visit it often as I will be posting on there daily. If you have a specific question, the best way to get it answered is to post on my thread as we anticipate the number of journals to grow and it will be hard for me to visit all of them on a dialy basis, but I will be on my thread every day.

Prepare yourself for an incredible journey. Rise above the rest and you just might get be one of the Grand Prize winners and experience the opportunity of a lifetime that I was lucky enough to experience, and find yourself on the cover of Infinite Mag!!




Good Luck to all of you and I look forward to following your journey!!

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[rumblebird]

Haven't posted in awhile? What's been new JUGGERNAUT?

[lilmzchief]

[kconnell]

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